we are so happy that krystle campbell's family is here in the cathedral with us. we are all so in solidarity with those injured in the explosions, and wish to express our desire to support them and their families and loved ones. this patriots day shakeus out of our complacency and indifference and calls on us to focus on the past, of building a civilization that is based on love and j.we do not want to rig the legacy of those first patriots who were willing to lay down their lives for the common good. we must overcome a holder of death -- the culture of death by promoting a culture of life, a profound respect for each and every human being made in the image and likeness of god, and we must cultivate a desire to give our lives in the service of others. ont week i was in galilee the mouth of the beatitudes with 30 priests from boston on retreat. there we prayed and listen to the very gospel that was read for us here this morning. the sermon on the amount is a description of the life of the people gathered by and around the lord, often in the gospels we can see the c